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Permalink Reply by Sewcrazy on March 14, 2009 at 2:47pm: Hi Betty, I uploaded a tutorial for you on my page. I hope this helps. --Sharon
Felled pocket bag.docx

I even made some um 'strategic' mistakes so that I um could 'illustrate' problems before..cough cough..they happened.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elianastar on March 14, 2009 at 3:30pm: How does that saying go? "Screw ups are the mother of illustrations"? LOL! [giggle]; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sewcrazy on March 14, 2009 at 6:10pm: tell me about it. I finally figured that if you kept the darn yarn between the two seperate sets of needles, that you'd be ok.

Note to others: knit this only for somebody you LOVE TO DEATH!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by betty bear on March 14, 2009 at 7:01pm: I haven't seen the tutorial as yet, but about the yarn thing----The second yarn will have to span over 10 stitches. That is why I was thinking I would have to twist or go under the working yarn every three stitches. Or another idea popped in my brainless head---do what Kaffee Fasset does----work with short yarns . Maybe just for the set-up row.
My head is spinning---and it is not from the fall I had on the Patio two days ago. WHEW!!
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Permalink Reply by Arachnera on March 21, 2009 at 1:25pm: Let's say the yarn you've been knitting with, on Circular A, is called Lamb, and the new yarn you're introducing is called Sheep. You'll need the other needle, Circular B for this round--it will be inside Circular A. The first thing to do is to knit ten stitches, with Sheep and Circular A. Then, you'll cast 10 stitches with Lamb onto Circular B (You'll need to use a cast on other than the long tail... possibly a backward loop, which is a bit hard to knit into, but it's only for one round.) Move the Lamb yarn to the front, and *knit 10 stitches from Circular A with Circular B using your strand of Sheep yarn. Then, cast 10 stitches onto Circular A with Lamb yarn. Move Lamb to the back and Sheep to the front. Knit 10 stitches with Circular A and Sheep, then cast on 10 stitches using Lamb onto Circular B. Move Sheep to the back, Lamb to the front* Repeat the instructions within the *'s until you're back to the beginning of the round.

Then, for Round 8, start knitting 10 sts with Sheep and Circular A, then go to Circular B and knit 10 with Lamb. Move Lamb to the back, Sheep to the front, knit 10 sts in Lamb with Circular A, k10 in Sheep with Circular B, move Sheep to the back, Lamb to the front, repeat...

Hopefully this helps and it isn't too confusing. I think I've got this typed out right. This construction is actually quite interesting!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by trishster on March 16, 2009 at 9:53am: How do I search for another member's blog?

My knitting instructor has a blog on here but I can't seem to navigate to it.

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Permalink Reply by Elianastar on March 16, 2009 at 10:29am: If you can find her profile, you can find all her blogs in one place:

Go to the "Main" page... the second little box on the left has a bunch of little photos of members, in the bottom right of that box in very small letters it says "View all" click on that.

Under the "All Members (10,531)" there is a place where you can "Search All Members." Type in her name, or her user name if you know it, and you should be able to find her Profile. Depending where she's decided to place her Blogs, it'll be in the wide center section of her page.

Alternatively, you can use the "Meet & Share" tab and go to "Blogs." From there, you can either scroll down, scanning for her photo, if she's using one, or use the "Search" box. to search by her name or the title of one of her blogs.

You'll find all her blogs together in one place on her Profile page, though, so if you want to read them all, that's the easiest place to find them all.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sandy on March 25, 2009 at 7:30am: Can someone tell me how to do an elastic co?

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Permalink Reply by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on March 25, 2009 at 7:50am: I've always been told that the "most" elastic cast on is the cable cast on which is what I use when I want a stretchy edge on my knitting. The tutorials have all of the basic cast on's with really good pictures. Hope this helps. Susan; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elianastar on March 25, 2009 at 9:00am: If your pattern is asking for a specific "Elastic Cast On" (toe-up socks, maybe?) it might mean these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjH-g_uvgk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITM9Zodn-Uk&feature=related

As Susan says, the Cable CO is pretty elastic also. I use it now for almost all of my knitting. Tutorials of that are here:
http://community.knitpicks.com/notes
http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/cast-on

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Permalink Reply by Knit Picks Admin on March 26, 2009 at 9:39am: Also, the tubular cast on is pretty stretchy if you are knitting a ribbed edging. But the cabled cast on is easier to knit.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Allison Aldrich on March 25, 2009 at 6:22pm: My new Knit Picks yarn ball winder came today, and at first it was fantastic! But I'm using a very nobby silk and wool blend yarn from Harrisville Designs (sport, almost finger weight), and after the ball was about half full it kept leaping under the winder and getting all tangled. I had the hand-held option on, since I couldn't figure out how to attach the clamp, but I was pretty sure I was holding it still and facing the same direction, and winding at a consistent speed, etc. Help!; ▶ Reply to This